Todays budding blogger has a wide range of blogging platforms to choose from. Blogspot, Squidoo, LiveJournal, WordPress are just some of the options, and there are many others with seemingly similar features.
It can therefore be a daunting task to decide which of the available blogging platforms will best meet your blogging needs. However, most professional bloggers name WordPress as their “blog of choice”.
WordPress, like the majority of other blogging platforms, is free to use. However, WordPress has a higher storage allowance then it’s competitors — a whopping 3 gigs! Additionally, WordPress permits you to install their platform on to your own personal website, which most other blogging platforms don’t allow. Should you install WordPress on your own domain, which isn’t necessary but is recommended, you’ll have complete control over it and you are given all the bandwidth your internet hosting plan allows. That already generous 3 gig limit then become limitless!
While most blogging platforms allow for only the hosting of image files, WordPress has another benefit in that you can host not only images but also other types of files, such as PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Open Office files, and PDFs.
The open source nature of WordPress is a further reason for its popularity as a blogging platform. This allows for limitless flexibility. WordPress has become a favorite among many bloggers for this reason alone. Your blog can be almost completely customized in terms of appearance and functionality, making it possible for you to recreate the exact impression of your blog that you’ve formed in your head.
So, lets quickly review why WordPress is the preferred choice for bloggers. We see that the option is there to install it on your own server. We have the ability to host a variety of files on our blogs, and the open source nature of WordPress code that gives us limitless flexibility. If you haven’t already started using WordPress, then now is the time to start!
This is a guest post by Matthew Wolfe. He teaches entreprenuers how to create blogs, generate traffic, and make money with his free video tutorials at The WordPress Classroom. You can also find out more about Matthew, as well as learn more tips and tricks at his personal blog, MatthewWolfe.com.
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